They go Christmas and Birthday shopping for each other.
It’s pretty funny to watch: “I will buy you something for
20 dollars if you give me a gift card for 20$”
“I can’t afford 20$ all I have is 10$ I am broke!”
I have learnt enough from the 62 tween/ teen books I have
read so far this year to stay out of it. Great experience for them to learn
from.
At home we can hear the three of them talk and we are
peeeing our pants laughing:
“Where should we hide the gifts?”
Chase” We can’t hide them in my room then they will be
lost for sure”
Beauty” Same for me-lost if we hide them there”
Bear” We can hide them in my room-I won’t lose them”
Chase and Beauty “I think we should even hide your gifts
in your closet too-if not there is no chance you will get them because they
will be lost”
Bear: “Ok that is good. I won’t look at them. I will just
shut my eyes when I go into the closet each day”
At least they know their strengths and weaknesses
right!!!!
PS-And that same” organized no lose presents in closet
guy” also said a beautiful grace last night for our first praying Sunday meal.
He lit a candle had us bow our heads and said it as though he had ever attended
church!!!
Wow! And I was very clear to the kids that when we say “Dear
God” that that can mean anything they want. It can be God as others think, God
as a loved one in Heaven, God as nature, God as power, God as a word that means
gratitude etc..it can mean anything they want and we just use a common word.
Since writing this on blog I have had many concerned comments that
it is just plain weird to start praying on Sundays and believing in heaven and
that it might be negative for the kids. Agree weird yes. Agree bad for kids.
No.
Believing takes on many forms…intellectually overnight
did I start believing? If course not! Emotionally do I think a prayer of
gratitude here and there and encouraging the concept of heaven to the family is
possible? Yes I do.
I believe that you should believe what is right for you
at that time of place in your life. I beleive we choose what bwe beleive and what we do not.
I will give it a little try and keep you posted.
Thanks for all your concern though seriously and for looking out for me!. Love discussing the
topic of religion.
